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Saturday, December 10, 2011

AVN (Adult Video Network) has announced the nominees for their 29th Annual AVN Awards, known as the "Oscars of porn."

Wicked Pictures' The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody led with 18 nominations, including Best Actor (newcomer Mac Turner), Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography (Jake Jacobs), Best Director - Parody (Brad Armstrong), Best Editing (Scott Allen) and two mentions in Best Original Song (for the ditties "Fuck-a-Fuck-a" and "Oversexed Porn Star").

Performer/director Bobbi Starr earned 16 nominations for her work both in front of and behind the camera, including Best Actress (New Sensations Romance's A Little Part of Me), Best Anal Sex Scene (in her own Shut Up and Fuck), Best Director - Non-Feature (Shut Up and Fuck), Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene (in Elegant Angel Productions' Prison Girls), Best Oral Sex Scene (in Jessica Drake's Guide to Wicked Sex: Fellatio, Wicked Pictures), Best Supporting Actress (New Sensations' Scooby-Doo: A XXX Parody) and Female Performer of the Year.
Parody king Axel Braun scored numerous nominations with his various films including Spider-Man XXX: A Porn Parody (16 nominations), Elvis XXX: A Porn Parody (9 nomination) and This Ain't Ghostbusters XXX 3D (8 nominations).

The nominees for Best Feature were Assassins, Booty Shop, Dear Abby, Eternal, Fighters, Horizon, Killer Bodies, A Little Part of Me, Lost and Found, My Little Black Book, Pervert, Portrait of a Call Girl, Runaway, Savanna Samson Is the Masseuse and Teacher's Pet.

A committee of 10 AVN critics spent close to a month and a half compiling nominations in over 130 categories recognizing companies, talent, technicians and creative professionals across the spectrum of the adult entertainment industry. New categories this year include Best Studio Website, Best Solo Girl Website, Best All-Sex Release - Mixed Format, Best Director - Parody and Best Celebrity Sex Tape.

The 29th Annual AVN Awards Show takes place Saturday, January 21 at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The event will be hosted by Bree Olson, Sunny Leone and comedian Dave Attell.